AudioStream

The industry speaks. Are you listening? AudioStream is a dedicated computer audio and streaming music lifestyle website that reviews everything from the latest in ultra high-end and affordable DACs to amplifiers, preamplifiers, cables, speakers and personal audio products.

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AudioStream Podcast No. 12 With Gordon Rankin

One of the more epic resume’s in digital hi-fi belongs to designer Gordon Rankin. Along with helping to develop asynchronous USB, his list of contributions read like an audiophile’s menu of success stories. From AudioQuest’s Dragonfly to Wavelength and Ayre, the man behind the scenes entertains us in this interview with his stories, history, and outlook on all things digital.

Dec 04, 2019•36 min

AudioStream Podcast No.11 With Scott Barry Of Computer Audio Design

High-end digital audio maker Computer Audio Design is based in the UK, but its founder Scott Barry is an American. Honing his design chops in England, CAD has more recently focused their sights on the US and other countries to expand the reach of their limited, but tight set of digital audio products. The entire suite of components and accessories is highly optimized for reducing unwanted outside noise into any digital-based system. The sole DAC the company currently offers (the CAD 1543 MKII) u...

Oct 23, 2019•43 min

AudioStream Podcast No.10 With Joe Parvey Of Wolf Audio

Wolf Audio Systems is a relatively new company on the digital audio scene, but has already produced some early successes with their lineup of high fidelity audio servers. Joe Parvey joins the AudioStream podcast in this episode to go over the company’s comings and goings over the past few years as well as the digital strokes it takes to make a premium product in this growing category of native media and streaming playback.

Oct 05, 2019•35 min

Audiophiles I Know – The Zach Cowie Interview

Zach Cowie: Emmy-nominated music supervisor, former record label man and band manager, DJ, slow-music entrepreneur and audiophile with bonafides. I traveled to Los Angeles in June for work and was able to connect with Cowie in person to not only meet in a shady hotel room to record a podcast with him and Brian Hunter, but also to spend an afternoon at his loft in downtown LA and check out his Shindo-based hi-fi rig.

Aug 15, 2019•46 min

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